Determination of mass attenuation coefficients of some boron ores at 59.54 keV by using scintillation detector

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 175-179

  Demir, Faruk ^a  

^a MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Boron; Colemanite; Mass attenuation coefficient; Radiation shielding; Tincal; Ulexite

Indexed keywords

AM/BE NEUTRON SOURCE; COLEMANITE; MASS ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; MASS ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS; POINT SOURCES; SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; TINCAL; ULEXITE; ULEXITES;

BORATE MINERALS; BORON; LUMINESCENCE; MINERALS; NEUTRON DETECTORS; NEUTRON SOURCES; NEUTRONS; ORES; RADIATION; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

RADIATION SHIELDING;

AMERICIUM 241; BERYLLIUM; BORON; HYDROGEN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA RADIATION; NEUTRON RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION SHIELD; SCINTILLATION COUNTING;

EID: 70449520087     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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